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Welcome to episode #152! This week, Matt and Braden talk about the impact that godly and ungodly vows have on our lives and on our journeys to living porn-free.

Vows can be good or bad
When we get married, we make a vow to commit to our spouse for life. On the flip side, we can make negative vows that keep us stuck outside of God's will for our lives. Vows will impact our lives, other people around us, and people in the generations to come so we need to be very aware and intentional when speaking words of life or death that will carry us in a direction for the rest of our lives or until we change course.

Ungodly vows make generational impacts
In the book of Judges, Jephthah makes an ungodly vow because of undealt with trauma in his own life. Instead of trusting God to carry out what God was going to carry out, he made a vow to try to twist God's arm into making him a success. God was interested in his prosperity anyway, but because Jephthah didn't live in faith and instead made a vow that God didn't want him to make, his daughter was killed and he would have suffered in great distress.

Be careful and slow to make vows to God
Deuteronomy 23:21-23 says: \u201cWhen you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the Lord your God will surely require it of you. However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you. You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised."

We should always be careful to make a vow to God that we won't carry out. God will sometimes stop us from making a vow that isn't from Him, but if we do make the vow, we need to make sure we're going to carry it out.

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BRADEN HAFNER
Braden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.com

MATT CLINE
Matt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.